STATE EX REL. Q.N.


843 A.2d 1140 (2004)

179 N.J. 165

STATE of New Jersey, in the Interest of Q.N., a juvenile.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 31, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah C. Bartolomey, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant, State of New Jersey (Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

P. Jeffrey Wintner, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent, Q.N. (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).


Justice VERNIERO delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case implicates the rules governing juvenile confessions set forth in State v. Presha, 163 N.J. 304, 748 A.2d 1108 (2000). The courts below concluded that the police had violated those rules when interviewing the juvenile in this case, requiring suppression of his statements. We disagree and...

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